In recent years, more companies have been building in-house design teams. The appeal is clear: faster turnaround and potential cost savings. As a result, it’s increasingly common to see individual designers being asked to handle a wide array of work across different formats and media.
You might have experienced this: assigning a designer who excels at print materials to design a website or app UI, only to end up with something that feels awkward or hard to use. The opposite happens too. A UI/UX specialist might create visuals for an ad, but the result feels oddly flat or emotionally disconnected. Although it’s all called “design,” the required skills and thinking process vary quite a bit by medium.